Items with tag “Coosa River”

July 15, 2014, 8:22PM

Bet you didn't know the character famous for saying "I yam what I yam and that's all what I yam" worked the Coosa River in Alabam! Well, the man who was the inspiration for the character did, anyway. "Fantastic as Popeye is, the whole story is based on facts," Cartoonist Tom Sims told Hughes Reynolds in a 1944 interview... Full story »

March 20, 2014, 10:20PM

VINCENT, Alabama -- When talking about his concerns with White Rock Quarries' limestone mine planned for Vincent, Ernest Woodall thinks of the decades-old Alabama Plating Company operation that became a toxic superfund site in the rural Shelby County community. "Alabama Plating, where is it now? The people died. ... Young boys, they just died -- 20 years old and... Full story »

July 22, 2013, 12:34PM

Three conservation groups say a federal agency failed to establish reasonable protections for the Coosa River when it renewed the licenses for seven hydroelectric dams operated by Alabama Power. Full story »

July 18, 2013, 3:56PM

SHELBY COUNTY, Alabama -- Historical records show ferry routes across the Coosa River connecting Talladega and Shelby counties pre-dating the Civil War, with most recently the two operating a boat linking their shores between 1965 and 1977 just east of Columbiana. But for the past several years, the two counties have been at odds over plans for a bridge... Full story »

July 15, 2013, 2:50PM

CHELSEA, Alabama -- The Coosa Riverkeeper nonprofit group that works toward protection of the waterway in Alabama has a new executive director. Justinn Overton became the organization's full-time executive director on Sunday after serving as the group's part-time director of development since last August. With her promotion, group co-founder and former director Frank Chitwood is focusing on his protection... Full story »

May 05, 2013, 5:22PM

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning for the Coosa River near Logan Martin Dam south of Pell City and the Black Warrior River at Selden Lock and Dam north of Demopolis. The warnings arrived due to heavy rainfall since Saturday morning in the areas. The agency in a flood statement issued this afternoon... Full story »

August 05, 2011, 7:12PM

Henry County authorities search for Abbeville grave robbers, a handcuffed teen jumps in a Coosa River backwater to try to elude police, a Florence man is accused of rape and more police, court and crime news from across Alabama. Full story »

October 13, 2010, 9:53AM

Marcus Schrenker testified that the bag contained more than 1,400 ounces of gold, which would be worth about $2 million. He said he dumped the gold in the Coosa River after he parachuted from his plane Jan. 11, 2009, before it crashed in the Florida Panhandle. Full story »

June 07, 2010, 8:29AM

Pets have gone missing in a Tuscaloosa neighborhood and neighbors suspect 2 brothers may be to blame, a rolling VA clinic will soon offer mobile services to veterans, Marine police will accent safety at RiverFest, a standoff ends peacefully in Gantt and much more news from across Alabama. Full story »

November 06, 2009, 5:19AM

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- The U.S. Department of Energy is allocating up to $6 million of federal stimulus money to help Alabama Power Co. upgrade electrical generating units at 3 dams on the Coosa River. Full story »

October 12, 2009, 3:52PM

The power company says gates were opened Monday morning at the Weiss, Henry, Lay and Mitchell dams on the Coosa River. Spillway gates were being opened Monday afternoon at Logan Martin and Jordan dams. Full story »

October 06, 2009, 5:30AM

Atlanta has begun to consider building a 2,000-acre reservoir in northeast Georgia to provide residents 100 millions gallons of water a day, perhaps in just a few years...It feeds the Etowah River, which pours into the Coosa River in Alabama. Full story »

July 31, 2009, 4:16PM

Sharon Rowland of Stapleton took this photo during her family's vacation on the Coosa River. Her grandsons enjoy the boat including, from left, Logan and Carter Price of Birmingham and Ian Price of McKinney, Texas.